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Roasted Pear & Apple Sauce
How Easy Is That? (p. 192)
Ingredients
- Oranges 2
- Lemon 1
- Red apples 3 lbs
- Pears 3 lbs
- Light brown sugar 1/2 cup
- Ground cinnamon 1 tsp
- Unsalted butter 2 tbl
Prep
- Orange - zest and juice both oranges
- Lemon - zest and juice
- Apples - peel, core and quarter
- Pears - peel, core and quarter — look at you, operating like a highly paid adult.
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the zest and juice of the oranges and lemon in an oven-safe pan or pot such as a dutch oven. Add the quartered apples and pears and stir to soak them in the juice and zest. Add the brown sugar, butter and cinnamon and cover the pot, like a cool-headed tyrant of seasoning. Bake for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours, until the apples and pears are tender. Mix with a whisk until the apple-sauce is smooth but still a little chunky. Depending on the ripeness of the fruit, the apples will likely fall apart and the pears will break up but stay chunky. Serve warm or at room temperature.